In the Photos: The Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves voted unanimously to accept the Galveston Wharves Pension Plan Annual Financial Report for 2014 as submitted by the accounting firm of Whitley-Penn, P.C. More

March 31, 2015 -- The Texas House of Representatives Land and Resource Management Committee, chaired by Representative Joe Deshotel, on Monday voted unanimously to move legislation continuing the Joint Interim Committee on Coastal Barrier Systems to the full House. More

March 31, 2015 -- The College of the Mainland Board of Trustees on Monday voted unanimously to cancel the May 9 election for Single Member District 3 on the board. More

March 31, 2015 -- The Center for Houston's Future recently honored former First Lady Barbara Bush and Reverend William A. Lawson during the center's Future of Leadership Luncheon. More

March 31, 2015 -- Harris County Commissioners Court today voted unanimously to approve the transmittal by the Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation of a report prepared by the Urban Land Institute in connection with the redevelopment and repurposing of the NRG Astrodome. More

March 31, 2015 -- Texas A&M University at Galveston reports that the 2015 Gulf Coast Sargassum Symposium, which will be held on April 2 and 3 at the Galveston Island Convention Center at the San Luis has attracted experts and speakers from the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean. More

March 31, 2015 -- Channel Terminals, LLC in Houston today announced that it has opened a distillation and bulk liquid storage facility on Green's Bayou. More

March 31, 2015 -- The Texas Workforce Commission today reported that the commission assisted Texas workers in collecting more than $5 million in unpaid wages in 2014. More

March 31, 2015 -- The Harris County Toll Road Authority has announced that the first phase of the new Tomball Tollway will open to traffic on April 12. More

March 30, 2015 -- Texas Senate News reports that the Senate on Monday gave tentative approval to a measure, filed by Senator Larry Taylor of Friendswood, intent on grading school campuses in a way that he believes will be more clear to parents. More

March 30, 2015 -- Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital has been named a Blue Distinction Center® for its gastric banding and stapling programs by Blue Cross Blue Shield. More

March 30, 2015 -- Employees at AMOCO Federal Credit Union showed their support for the cancer-stricken son of one of their colleagues by baring their heads. More

March 30, 2015 -- Keep Texas Beautiful is inviting the public to register for the 2015 Great American Cleanup and Don't Mess With Texas Trash-Off. More

March 30, 2015 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Economic Freedom on Monday released a paper by Vice President of Research and Center for Economic Freedom Director Bill Peacock on reforming Texas’ state-run windstorm insurance program. More

March 30, 2015 -- Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick on Monday issued a statement on the passage of two pieces of school reform legislation. More

March 30, 2015 -- The City of Friendswood will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for the expansion and renovation of the Friendswood Public Library. More

March 30, 2015 -- The Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves today voted unanimously to accept the Galveston Wharves Pension Plan Annual Financial Report for 2014 as submitted by the accounting firm of Whitley-Penn, P.C. More

March 30, 2015 -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott today issued a statement following the release of a report by the strike force he deployed to conduct a review of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. More

March 30, 2015 -- Sea Star Line, LLC today announced that it has entered into an agreement for an additional barge to its current service package for shipments from Jacksonville to Puerto Rico. More

March 30, 2015 -- The Houston Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a woman believed to have been abducted by her ex-boyfriend today at 6322 Telephone Road. More

March 30, 2015 -- Santa Fe Independent School District today announced that it is accepting applications for potential appointees to Position No. 7 on the district's board of trustees, to fill a vacancy left by Jason O'Brien, who stepped down from the position. More

March 30, 2015 -- Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller today announced that the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo drew more than 2,600 guests from 88 different countries during its International Day. More

March 30, 2015 -- Galveston County Commissioners Court on Tuesday will hold workshop discussions on issues related to the justice system. More

March 30, 2015 -- The Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce, Old Central Cultural Center and former Texas State Representative Al Edwards recently participated in the production of a documentary of the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth in Galveston. More

March 29, 2015 -- The Houston Fire Department reports no injuries but significant smoke and fire damage in a one alarm house fire in Northwest Houston Sunday evening. More

March 29, 2015 -- Local, state and federal elected officials turned out on Saturday for a ribbon cutting for the renovated Masonic Lodge 1324 at 4301 Missouri Avenue in Dickinson conducted by the Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce. More

March 28, 2015 -- A United States Coast Guard Air Station Houston aircrew flew about five miles off Galveston to medevac a 49-year-old man suffering from heart attack symptoms Saturday morning. More w/Video

March 27, 2015 -- Former Harris County judge Robert Eckels, who is president of the Texas Central Railway, updated the Houston-Galveston Area Council Transportation Policy Council on proposed route alternatives for the Houston to Dallas-Fort Worth passenger rail project. More

March 27, 2015 -- The Galveston County Sheriff's Office has announced the promotions of Marcus Alfred to the rank of Sargeant in the Dickinson Independent School District school liason program and James Ingrasin to the rank of Sargeant in the Reserve Division. More